Bond Set for Middle School Teacher Charged with Rape

This listing for McCormick on the Siloam Springs Schools directory has been removed

SILOAM SPRINGS, AR-- A woman listed as a teacher at Siloam Springs Middle School is in the Benton County Jail, charged with felony rape.

This listing for McCormick on the Siloam Springs Schools directory has been removed

UPDATE: The teacher accused of felony rape appeared in Benton County Court for a bond hearing Thursday morning. Her bond was set at $50,000.

SILOAM SPRINGS, AR-- A woman listed as a language arts and social studies teacher at Siloam Springs Middle School is in the Benton County Jail, charged with felony rape.

According to the Siloam Springs Police Department, 32-year-old Mary Faith McCormick, who is listed as Faith McComick on a school website, had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 13 year old male.

Officers say the incidents occurred between June and August of 2014.

The investigation involves the exchange of electronic messages, photographs and a sexual relationship between the subject and the victim.

On Wednesday, August 13, McCormick was arrested for rape in connection with this investigation.

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